Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-03-18

ham bill brings Quit the worst fire. Il pro.
poses to make the offices of Treasurer and
Recorder salaried; neither to rec i've a
compensation in excess of 80. 900 annually.
1t has pissed the House, and it's friends
say 1t will pass the Council. The most
ITS opponents expects to do, is to make it
imperative until 1889.
a curious accident happened the local
Dill, and Its rescue was a mere piece of
chance. AS it passed the House, the Or
lglnal bill had been amended and ordered
engrossed and entered on the records. Tn,
two latter were we'll done, but the bill was
sent to the Council us originally intl reduced
TO the House. It was under discussion in
the Council, and about to be put upon its
final passage when Frank Athens of Canton.
happened to come into the Council. The
Dill was then sent back to the House to he
fixed up. The delay will not prove fatal,
though the Council is loaded with an
amendment to give incorporative towns the
right to pass or reject the operation of the
law
1t would be tedious to even give the
merest synopsis Of the many bills intro
duced to regulate County and Township
government, should q considerable num-
Der become law. Justices and attorneys
will find vast changes in the political code
OF the Territory, but it is almost safe to
predict nothing radical is likely to be
done.
An enterpTising newspaper man secured
the photographs of the seventy two mem
bers Of the Legislature, and produced the
pictures Of these eminent gentlemen in ON
issue Of q St. Paul paper. It is with all
respect to the electrotyper that we say, had
hQ hNpn IN hoy1 TIM dow th1 No.. - A.
Bismarck, he should never have lived 10
mar the hopes and fame of u similar party
of gentlemen. Should any bad legislation
filter through the fingers of the present AS
sembly, ample excuse will be found wher-
ever the paper of the issue referred to may
be found. 1t takes q newspaper man to do
up a community, when he tries, on this oc-
casion no revenge could be more complete.
Some one, who has been figuring over
the proposed expenses of running Dakota,
added to the appropriations asked, says
the outlay of the next two years, will ex-
coed three millions of dollars!
Ex-Gov. Pierce has taken rooms in the
Tribune building, and devotes his time 70
writing for the st Paul Pioneer. So far,
his critic SINS OF the Governor and of the
Council have been Of the mildest possible
character, but there are those who predict
that he will yet be led to say things that
may mar the cordial relations now seeming
to exist. Evidently Church is of q very
positive turn of mind, and, it is said, will
do his " way, irrespective of conse-
quences.
NJ. II. Day, who went out to Helena with
the Legislative committee, is again on the
ground. He is spoken to o great deal
in regard to having been overlooked
in the matter of favors. Mr.. Day in
formed the writer he had nothing to COM
plain of-that, as Mr.. Church was Cover
dor of Dakota, it was his %prerogative to Sc
lect the men he wishes to intrust with the
affairs of the Territory; that, although he
II his friends have been overlooked, he
would not n any way change his relation
to the political party he had worked for.
The Governor declares that he has NO
enemies to sit down upon; that he is anx-
ious to administer affairs so that ..a!l many
fell on interest in the administration. On
the other hand Republicans think the whole
power of the new administration will be
directed to making the Territory Demo.
cratic if possible.
The new Auditor enters upon his du.
ties April LIST, the new Immigration Com.
mission May LIST, while the Governor viii
take the chest about the 18th of March
OeuSA OA1C0o I'd y Auoy uhppous 4WO uOE&
offices remain to be filled, Attorney Gen,
eral and Territorial Superintendent. O
Schools. It is generally believed her
that F. Aikens, of Lincoln, will get tn
former appointment. The latter is scarce,
ly guessed at. Aikens, though q Republi.
can, seems to be a favorite with the bench
of Dakota, and the Governor is said to pay
great Difference to Judge Craps opinions.
The weather is lovely. A pleasant west
wind struck this country yesterday and
the snow is going fast. The old settlers
called it a Chinook" which seems to, BE-
hailed as the harbinger of coming good.
1t is welcome, for the severity. Of. the
weather during February was something
too much for flesh and blood.
Mrs. BLY,, wife of the proprietor of the
Sheridan House, died suddenly on Friday
night. The Sheridan is the great lo1-roll-
ing center of the politicians, and, SO nea,
the close of 4 session it could hardly be
expected that the death Of anyone could in.
terfere materially with the work ON. hand.
The demise Of this estimable woman had
not the effect to close the bar. or shut the
gambling rooms Of the house she. had
owned. The motto is, Make hay while
the sun shines, no matter WHO, dies by the
Way.